Support and coronary heart disease: The importance of significant other responses

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-30

  Itkowitz, Norman I ^a   Kerns, Robert D ^b,c   Otis, John D ^b  

^a New England Institute for Behavioral Medicine   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Disability; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; THEORY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; CAREGIVERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES;

EID: 0037285518     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021790921471     Document Type: Article

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